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Friday, July 31

My wicked step-mommy (it's a nickname of endearment...I promise and I'm her 'evil step-child...lol) is always sending me 'just because' cards. I have them littered all over the shelves and wall of my scrap area. Just looking at them always brings sunshine to my day. I wanted to return the favor and send her a card without a reason. I can honestly say I have NO clue who the maker is with these supplies. Every bit of it came out of my scrap baggie :) Even the base card it is adhered too! Yay for using scraps!!! I can tell you I used the Fiskars Threading Water border punch and then embossed the strip with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. Other than that.....it's a mystery!

Tuesday, July 21

Yay!!! Today this lil' old blog of mine turns ONE!!!! I've had so much fun sharing my work with all of you. I have learned so much from all the friends I've made in blog-land :) I would love to some of my favorites over the past year. Thanks for being so great everyone!!

Monday, July 13

My kids recently took a trip to Long Beach Island, New Jersey and New York City with their grandparents. They had a blast, but I'm so glad to have them home!!! I wanted to share a few layouts from their stay in the next few days. Enjoy!

These are all digi landscapes for my slideshow.

First up is the Creative Scrappers sketch for this week. It is an awesome sketch. Check it out here.

Friday, July 10

So far the only supplies I've used are a few inks and circle punches from my stash, the hibiscus quickutz die and on the first 2 layouts I used a few odds and ends from a wedding page kit I had left over. My dad and step-mom had a tropical themed wedding and The Tahiti Beach Stack from DCWV worked beautifully! I am nowhere near done, but had to share my progress so far.

The picture taking of my layouts needs some MAJOR improvement. I think my camera batteries are dying, because I've never been quite this bad at it. :) I hope you enjoy anyway.

Wednesday, July 8

For my latest layout, I took one of the 8.5 x11 July page maps and made it into a 12x12 layout. I think it fit quite nicely. The lyrics to the song 'Here come Peter Cottontail' are confettied all around the page. I also stitched for the first time on a layout. I've done faux stitching with pen a few times, but this was my first attempt at using a needle and fiber. You can see the original sketch I used here. The purple border is trimmed with the 'cloud' fiskars deco-edge scissors. The letters are a Cuttlebug alpha die. The flowers were just cheap embellies I found at Walmart in the craft section (not the scrapbooking part).

Wednesday, July 1

Hi all. A quick update and then a share. I haven't posted in over a month. I was trying to recover from my broken jaw when I seemed to come down with a horrible stomach flu. Well turns out that stomach flu is a new baby on the way. It was a total, 'woah' moment, but we're getting there. Now that I'm nearing the end of the first trimester I am starting to have less and less miserable days. I managed to get this layout done of my daughter's preK graduation.

It's totally not my usual style. I was trying something new with textures and I really like how it turned out. Thanks for looking.

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All work is my own unless otherwise stated. I make every effort to link to the original inspiration whenever possible. All work is Copyright 2008-2014 by Christina Willman-Skinner. Feel free to use any of my sketches or ideas for personal use. I would so very appreciate a link to my work if you use it as inspiration...especially for a contest, challenge or publication. Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous day!!